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Plenty of grist for the sports mill this week, from LeBron (as always), the resurgent Red Sox, the closer-less Yankees and hockey for family and friends. Here are a few mid-week thoughts: Interesting little part of Tuesday night’s Mets-Brewers game … read more

At least it must feel that way if you’re still a fan of the New York National League baseball team today. There is always the factor of the Yankees dominating the city during the summer, and then there was Tuesday. … read more

Quite a few days for New York and Boston bullpen stars, wasn’t it? But as bad as it was for the Yankee closer Tuesday night (losing a game to Texas); as bad as it was for the Red Sox closer … read more

Now that the West Coast (notice how we refer to the ‘West Coast’ as if it’s some kind of mega monster, a living breathing blob of cruelty whose only function in this world is to get back at the dreaded … read more

Lady Gaga has made some news in New York this week and not in the usual manner for her. First she showed up at a Mets game and after some disagreements with photographers, flashed them the old double bird (a … read more

It’s a long season this thing that’s called Major League Baseball. A loooonnnngggg season. And that means when one team suffers a humbling defeat, like the Red Sox did Monday night, we need to be careful not to put too … read more

It’s typically hard to gauge wide-reaching implications from a few static events, but this this sports weekend provided us with some tantalizing tidbits to mull and expand. Sure, a single game in April/May doesn’t mean much more than crossing another … read more